Why would my taking iodine appear to cause me to need MORE Armour thyroid??

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Why would my taking iodine appear to cause me to need MORE Armour

thyroid?? I was under the impression that iodine would make a person

need LESS iodine.

I have been so careful not to take too much Armour because I am

worried about going into the hyper mode which is terrifying for me.

(The hyper mode happened once when I had too much coffee, and I never

want to experience it again!!)

I am hypothyroid and have always had a low body temperature (96 or

97). After I tested quite deficient in iodine from an FFP loading

test in the fall, I started 50 mg iodine on Dec. 1, taking one day

off per week to rest my detox organs. I am on 1 1/2 grains (90 mg)of

Armour thyroid. I take all of the recommended companion nutrients,

including Ancient Minerals spray. I do not have nodules (I had an

ultrasound), but I do not know if I have antibodies.

Because I had been having menopausal hot flashes last month, I

started in January on some phyto-estrogen products (plant sources)

which took away my hot flashes completely (Yeah!). I do not use

progesterone cream, but should I?

Lately my temperatures seem to be getter even lower (95 or 96 F, even

during the day) instead of higher, and I feel a little dizzy in the

evening until I take a little (1/4 grain) of the Armour to take the

dizzy edge off. The dizziness is scary; one time I told my husband

that I was afraid to go to sleep because I wanted to be sure that I

would wake up.

Although it kind of sounds like an adrenal problem to me, my doctor

suspects a problem in pituitary for some reason. I'm going to see him

next week. He's a very good doctor, has used Armour for years,

trained wih Broda , etc. He is currently reading Dr.

Brownstein's book on iodine right now, but says he doesn't understand

the use of iodine completely yet.

I will ask my doctor about saliva testing, antibodies testing, &

progesterone cream. I don't want a TSH test because it will probably

show up high and I don't want him to be scared for me to use iodine

because a high TSH is normal for the first 6 months of

supplementation.

I have already ordered another iodine loading test to see if there is

an NIS (symporter) or organification problem with me utilizing the

iodine. I will take it when it comes.

*Does anyone else have any insight as to why I seem to need MORE

thyroid?

*Is it OK to take the Armour thyroid at the same time as the iodine?

I often do NOT because I worry about a hyper episode from taking them

together, so I take the iodine first thing in the morning, and then

take the Armour thyroid a couple of hours afterward. Is this a

needless concern? When do others take their iodine & thyroid?

* Does anyone else GAIN weight on iodine? Everyone says they're

constipated on it and I am too (so I'm now using Vit. C to bowel

tolerance for constipation). I am gaining weight and am quite

concerned about that. I do not use the salt pushes because of high

blood pressure, and the salt was contributing to fluid retention &

weight gain. I hope my weight settles down, using the potassium

chloride instead of salt: I'm taking 99mg X 3 in AM, 99mg X 2 in PM.

Comments from others? Thanks ahead of time. KL